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-lu: And

Alexander StebnerCreator of Lingora · Updated 14 October 20262 min readComments

"And" is usually -lu, attached to the end of a word. It goes on the last of the things joined: "the man and the woman".

  • Unaana arnaq. Angut arnarlu nereqatigiipput.

    This is a woman. The man and the woman are eating. (arnaq + -lu)

  • Sila issittoq nuannaraara. Aput sermerlu nuannareqaakka.

    I love cold weather. I love snow and ice. (sermeq "ice" + -lu)

01

How It Joins

-lu keeps the last consonant of the word, which changes to fit: a q becomes r, as in , and a t becomes l.

  • Russisut, Araberisut Hindisullu oqallorippunga.

    I am fluent in Russian, Arabic, and Hindi. (Hindisut + -lu)

02

Joining Two Verbs

Two statements about the same subject are joined the same way: the second verb goes into the contemporative and takes -lu.

  • Qimmiuteqarpunga qitsuuteqarlungalu, kammagiipput.

    I have a dog and a cat. They are friends. (-lunga "I" + -lu)

03

Also: aamma

The separate word means "and" between two words, and "also" after one.

  • Ilinniartitsisuuvoq. Kammaa aamma ilinniartitsisuuvoq.

    He's a teacher. His friend is a teacher too. (aamma "also")

In the course

Sentences from Lingora’s Greenlandic course

36 of the course's 500 sentences use this, the first in lesson 13. A few of them, with the words “-lu: And” is about in bold:

  • Asavakka, uangalu aamma asavaannga.

    I love them and they love me.

    Lesson 32

  • Marlunnik biileqarpunga, sikkilit marluk, motorsikkilillu pingasut.

    I have two cars, two bicycles, and three motorbikes.

    Lesson 33

  • Banaani ataaseq manniillu arfinillit pisiarissavakka.

    I am buying one banana and six eggs.

    Lesson 43

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